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Seven Ways to Participate

1. Engage on social media! Share on Twitter and Facebook using #ValueWater. Share a video or graphics, start a selfie campaign, provide a snapchat filter, or go live to engage your network and discuss the value of water to daily life and the community.

2. Host a tour, open house, or event. Water and wastewater infrastructure—from pipes to plants—is often out of sight and out of mind. Make it visible by hosting an open house at a facility, a tour of a construction site, or a community fair with other organizations. Invite elected officials, the business community, stakeholders, the press, and/or the general public!

3. Get water in the news. Write an op-ed for your local paper or business journal. Consider co-authoring with interesting or unexpected names on the byline—perhaps a representative from a local business that is water reliant, like a regional craft beer distillery, restaurant, or manufacturing company. Pitch newsworthy stories about water issues in your community. Invite the media to take an exclusive, behinds the scenes tour or to cover a local event. Download our press release template or op-ed template.

4. Issue a local/state proclamation or resolution. We need more elected and appointed officials that can be champions for water. Ask your mayor, city council, county council, state legislator, governor, regulator, US representative, or senator for a proclamation or resolution on Imagine a Day Without Water. Download our template here.

5. Participate in a candidate forum. Imagine a Day comes just weeks before an important midterm election. Leverage the collective power of Imagine a Day to put water issues front and center in candidates’ campaigns. Co-host a candidate forum and encourage leaders in your community to share their plans to address the issues facing our water systems, or identify a forum or debate already being planned in your community and submit a question about protecting water systems. Download our candidate engagement guide here.

6. Play Imagine a Day Without Water trivia. While a day without water is a serious issue, learning about our water systems can be fun. Download the customizable Imagine a Day Without Water Trivia Kit and use to host a water-themed trivia night at a local bar or brewery! Or play in the classroom or workplace to educate students or staff about the value of water.

7. Partner with schools or local businesses to imagine a day without water. Water is essential to every aspect of our communities. Imagine a Day Without Water is the perfect opportunity to engage schools, businesses, and community groups in building awareness of the vital role water plays to the environment, the economy, and the community.